Vietnam calls for intensive cooperation within Francophonie community

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (Source: VNA) Armenia (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on October 12 urged the Francophone community to promote intensive cooperation and take a holistic approach on all issues in order to find effective solutions to deep-rooted crisis and instability such as inequality, poverty and underdevelopment. In his speech at the ongoing 17th Francophonie Summit in Armenia, the Vietnamese official highlighted the important role by multilateral institutions like the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), calling on the organisation to continue improving existing mechanisms on conflict prevention and dispute settlement on the basis of international law. He stressed that Vietnam applauded and supported the theme “Living together in solidarity, sharing humanist values, and respect for diversity: Sources of peace and prosperity in the Francophone space”. Talking about the Asia-Pacific region, Minh said that this is an important part of the Francophone space, which is also dealing with many challenges from strategic competition among big countries, ethnic conflicts, terrorism, cybercrime, to climate change. Vietnam appreciated OIF’s efforts to find solutions to political instability and conflicts in its member countries, especially in Africa, he stressed, adding that ghe international community should continue to promote measures to build confidence, strengthen and expand unity and cooperation in the fields of economy, culture and language, thus further promoting cooperation among French-speaking countries. With its foreign policy of respect for peace, cooperation and development, Vietnam has made… [Read full story]